Sensors & Electronics
Electronics & Systems
Aquatic Measurements & Characterization (419)
Problem: Need aquatic measurements and data analysis to provide understanding of natural and anthropomorphic effects.
Project Activity Scope (from Technical Overview Chart): Interaction Mechanisms through Measurement and Analysis System Applications.
PNNL Solution:
- Assess site monitoring requirements
- Establish monitoring plan and equipment
- Deploy instrumentation, record and analyze data
- General support capabilities
Capabilities Employed to Meet Client Needs: Capabilities varied from project to project (see individual capability pages for more detail) but often included: Optical system design or specification for optimal imaging/measurements; equipment evaluation, specification, and selection including selection of suitable resolution 2-D camera; design of mechanical and electrical components and subsystems; image acquisition board and image analysis hardware and software; for some projects, multispectral or hyperspectral data exploitation and/or multi-sensor data fusion; operational optical system development and evaluation; image processing and analysis; software engineering; development and exploitation of tools for automatic feature extraction; geographic information system (GIS) technology; land-cover and land-use analysis characterization; environmental modeling; GPS data collection and processing; statistical analysis methods; artificial neural networks and related methods; software development for system control, data acquisition, processing, and storage; system design and performance documentation; test planning and analysis; documentation of experimental design and results.
Aquatic Application Domains
- PNNL has complementary technical teams which focus primarily on:
- Fresh water (FW) environments (e.g., riverine, lakes, wetlands, and estuaries)
- Salt water (SW) environments (e.g., ocean, littoral zone, harbors, wetlands and estuaries)
- Some technologies are equally applicable in both aquatic environments and their application can be readily extended beyond the domain illustrated on the specific capability and experience web pages that are cited.
Contact: Charles Brandt
